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Senegal’s outgoing president prepares for disgraced exitF

By Francis Sahel, Mondafrique:  In the absence of any other alternative, Senegalese President Mack Sall announced last Friday his intention to comply with the Constitutional Council’s decision to hold the presidential election and leave power by April 2. The Council’s...

Africa’s 2024 Elections Off to a Bad StartF

By Arezki Daoud: It’s an election year in Africa and it already started badly. The East African island of Comoros in the Indian Ocean opened the election cycle on 14 January, with autocratic figure Azali Assoumani “re-elected” for a third term, presumably winning 63%...

Sahel: Wagner Group closes in on Mali’s N’Tillit gold mineF

Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso share a common border.  GPS coordinates [14.9143, 0.2424] are where the three countries meet, and this is an area where terrorism and instability reign supreme. Insurgent groups have proliferated, attacking on one side of the border(s),...

Russia’s first African military base in a highly unstable nationF

By Arezki Daoud: Since Russia started its war on Ukraine, we have been told that Moscow was headed towards disaster. Echoing the views of Western governments, think-tanks and their analysts, many media outlets told us that Russia will not have the stamina to withstand...

Sahel: Chaos and killings accelerate in MaliF

UN report highlights the brutality of Mali’s army Civilian deaths and rights abuses by Malian soldiers surged in the first quarter of 2022, a United Nations report said on Monday, but Bamako dismissed it as biased and unverified allegations aimed at tarnishing its...

Sahel: The lawless northern Chad and deaths over goldF

Around 100 dead in clashes between Chad gold miners Around 100 people have died in clashes between gold miners in northern Chad, Defence Minister General Daoud Yaya Brahim said on Monday. Violence broke out on May 23 at Kouri Bougoudi near the Libyan border, sparked...

Sahel: Six killed in attacks on Burkina security forcesF

Two soldiers and four civilian volunteers with Burkina Faso's security forces have been killed in clashes with suspected jihadists, army headquarters said on Thursday.  A soldier and four Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP) were killed on Thursday in...

Sahel: Chad trade union calls strike over opposition arrestsF

The leading union group in Chad on Tuesday called for an indefinite strike from Wednesday demanding the immediate release of six opposition activists detained following violent anti-France protests. The Union of Unions of Chad (UST), which represents public and...

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